Saturday, December 15, 2018

Iraq’s foreign ministry on Friday summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Baghdad to protest over what it called repeated airspace violations, after Turkish warplanes earlier carried out strikes against Kurdish militants in northern #Iraq.

StatementThe Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad Mr.
Fatih Yildiz and handed him a letter of protest over the repeated air
violations by Turkey. The Ministry denounces the actions of Turkish
aircraft that violate the Iraqi airspace and target several sites in the
areas of Mount Sinjar and Makhmour in northern Iraq, which caused loss
of life and property.Such acts violate Iraq's sovereignty and security of citizens and are
unacceptable on all levels, contrary to the principles of
good-neighborliness that bring together the two countries. The Foreign
Ministry also reiterates its refusal to use Iraqi territory as a base or
a corridor to carry out acts that effect the security of neighboring
countries , and calls on the Turkish side to abide by this in order to
maintain the friendly relations between the two countries.Media Office
Iraqi Foreign Ministry
14/12/2018

On this topic, let's drop back to yesterday's snapshot:

As the Turkish government demonstrates repeatedly, it attacks Kurds
within Turkey -- the citizens of Turkey who are Kurds. How lucky for
them that they're able to attack Kurds in other countries with little to
no objection from the world.

These bombings have killed innocent civilians -- that is known --
destroyed homes, killed animals and they continue. From time to time,
the Iraqi government makes noise about wanting the bombings to stop but
they never stand up for their own national integrity -- in part because
they are a puppet government and not a real one.

For 24 hours, at least, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs didn't act like someone's puppet.

In other news, REUTERS reports, "Security forces used live bullets and teargas on Friday to disperse
protesters gathered in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, but no injuries
were reported. Around 250 people had surrounded a building used
as temporary headquarters for the provincial council to protest against
corruption and demand jobs and better public services."

For the second day in a row hundreds are protesting outside #Basra Governorate building in south #Iraq. So far the protest is peaceful and heavy presence of security forces around the building and the roads leading to it.

To This Day MOST Members of The US Congress STILL have NO IDEA How ObamaCare Actually Works…

The actuality of ObamaCare sits as a reminder why Socialism simply does NOT work. ObamaCare definitely does not work for Americans working in the marketplace.

As the younger generation of Americans is finding out it is even less better for them – in fact it is impossible to maintain.

Take, for example, a young person starting out after college, with $100,000 in Student Loans, who now is faced with the simple fact that almost 50% of their take-home pay will now have to go to Health Insurance. Adding another 25% for the Student Loans leaves very little left to live on – certainly not enough to buy a house, a decent car, and there is NOTHING available to start a family.

Ah, we’ve come to the REAL REASON for ObamaCare – Agenda 21, and the financial enslavement of an ENTIRE generation of Americans…

Surprise, surprise… Delivered to you by the US Democratic Party. Step up and have those ankle-chains applied sucker.

Most people never even noticed that when ObamaCare actually passed, and was signed into law by the Obama-Nation, that drug prices increased sometimes 400%. See the video below:

But, worry not, Congress will do NOTHING about this issue. Why? Because the same Big Pharma FINANCED most US 2018 mid-term election to protect this profit.

In my latest, I go through all the key details in the Cohen, Manafort, Flynn and Butina cases, and argue that they only be read as evidence of collusion by ignoring the actual facts & tacitly adopting a xenophobic view of interactions w/ Russians:

I haven't read Steele dossier in a while -- perhaps there's a section in there on how the Russians have komPRomat on NPR? How else to explain its Nat Sec. editor pointing out that in a case w/ zero charges or claims of collusion, the case for collusion "looks weaker than ever"?

After an exhaustive probe, Mueller "has scrupulously avoided" any charges about campaign, or even collusion. What's more likely?
1) Mueller has uncovered a Trump-Russia conspiracy, but is "postponing a direct & public confrontation with" Trump.
2) Mueller has found nothing.

Aaron Maté added,

southpaw@nycsouthpaw

From his first charges to his latest, Mueller has scrupulously avoided taking us inside Trump campaign. I’ve speculated that Mueller may be deliberately postponing a direct and public confrontation with the president. This piece speculates he’s found nothing. https://twitter.com/npr/status/1073921867495264256…

I asked, sarcastically, if I could block the words "Harry and Meghan" from my mentions. And lo, some of you answered. Now I know how to block anyone or anything that I just can't deal with. Thank you twitter people!

This is the farewell kiss you dog
https://youtu.be/YjDMjD6wNPk
"I spent a year in prison, three months in solitary confinement, tortured me for three days, broke my legs, teeth and nose, beatings and torture with electricity. But it's worth it"
Give @muntazer_zaidi a shout out!

1/ The prevailing view of Maria Butina is that she is not only a spy, but that she could implicate Trump, GOP, NRA. Her plea doc shows none of this to be the case, and even abandons the most explosive of prosecutors' initial allegations.

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